Hessian, Neil

1898-1899

Member of Conger’s party from Minnesota. Conger, xxxii.; Rides with Hazelet down Klutina to Copper Center, Hazelet Diary, 9/11/1898; Hessian boys sell outfits & leave, Hazelet Diary, 9/18/1898; Buckley in Hessian Party was“pulled in (to the Copper River) by his boat and drowned”, Hazelet Diary, , 10/9/98; Conger, a member of this party, wrote a diary his experiences in the 1898-99 gold rush over Valdez Glacier to Copper River area, edited by Hoelski & Hoelski, In Search of Gold: The Alaska Journals of Horace D. Conger, 1898-99;